A sixth consecutive draw for this season’s Baggies gives them something in common with the last Albion team to win a major trophy. Alan Ashman’s 1967/68 side are the only other Baggies team to have drawn six games on the bounce, doing so in March and April 1968, a run that included two drawn matches against Liverpool in the FA…
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Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 13 games
Another draw for the Baggies extends their winless run to seven games, but also extends their unbeaten run to five. This run of five consecutive league draws equals a club record that has happened on six previous occasions, but never before in the 21st century. The last occurrence was in 1999 when Brian Little’s team drew seven of their opening…
Read MoreAlbion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 12 games
Albion were left frustrated once again as they recorded their fourth successive draw to extend their winless run to six games. They remain inside the top six, however, but are now eight points behind leaders Sunderland. Corberán’s side are certainly proving difficult to score against this season, particularly at the Hawthorns. The Baggies have only twice previously conceded as few…
Read MoreAlbion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 11 games
A third successive draw for the Baggies saw them move up a place in the table following Sheffield United’s defeat at Middlesbrough, but it extends their winless run to five games. That is the longest spell without a win under Carlos Corberán and the longest since the eight-game run (nine including the League Cup defeat to Derby Country) between August…
Read MoreAlbion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 10 games
A stoppage time equaliser for Oxford United means that the Baggies winless run extends to four games but they remain in the top six and only three points off top spot ahead of Sunday’s game. In fairness to their hosts, they probably deserved a point on the balance of the game, but had Albion been a little more clinical, the…
Read MoreAlbion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 9 games
The Baggies go into the second international break handily placed in 4th spot, just two points off top spot, albeit on a run of three games without a win. Albion were better in the goalless draw with Millwall than they had been against Boro, but they still couldn’t find a way through a determined Lions’ back line. The Hawthorns faithful…
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